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File Open and File Save As Dialog Tips


It seems like nearly all programs running in Windows have a file open dialog and a corresponding file save as dialog. These dialogs are very helpful to the user in choosing files to open or where to save a file. In the course of making things easier, several features have been added to these dialogs that may cause a security breach.

 

Secure Desktop has several tools to try and prevent people from using these dialogs beyond the basic needs. The following provides links to other sections of the help file that you may wish to use:

 

To hide files and folders from within a file open or save as dialog, see the following:

 

Hide Folders

 

To hide drives, network neighborhood, and to disable new features found in Windows 2000/2003/XP, see the following:

 

OS Policy

     Hide Drives

     File Open/Save As & Ctrl-Alt-Delete

 

To disable features found in Office 2000/XP file open or save as dialogs, see the following:

 

Office 2000/XP

     File Open and File Save As Dialog PlaceBar Settings for all Office 2000/XP Programs

     Word 2000/XP, Excel 2000/XP, Access 2000/XP, PowerPoint 2000/XP, and Outlook 2000/XP



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